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-J.B.REED.

MASTER' AND BAKER. No. 268,532. Patented Dc; 5, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ilrrici.

JEROME B. REED, F SUNBURY, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROASTER AND BAKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,532, dated December5, 1882,

Application filed July 1, 1882. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, JEROME B. REED, acitizen ot' the United States, residing at Sunbury, in the county ofNorthumberland and State ot Pennsylvania, have invented certain newanduseful I Inprovementsin Roasters and Bakers, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a roaster and baker which maybe utilized upon the tops of cooking-stoves and ranges, and in whichthearticles being cooked will be automatically basted.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction, whichwill be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front end elevation of the roaster andbaker with its door closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the doorremoved. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section, the door being shownas partially open.

The letter A indicates a rectangular oblong box, formed of sheet metal,preferably sheet iron or tin. Itis supported upon legs b, formed byextending its side walls below its bottom, the lower edges of thesewalls being notched io allow a free circulation of hot air under thebottom of the box when in use.

Along the longitudinal center of the top plate, a, of the box and on theunder side of said plate, is a cold-air conduit, D, the top wall ofwhich is formed by a portion of the plate, c, and thedownwardly-converging walls el cl of which are formed by a properly-bentplate of sheet metal. The meeting edges `of these walls cl cl form asharp angle directly over the center of the bottom of the box, and theconduit D is open at both ends, its rear end opening through the rearend wall of the box, and the door E being provided with a triangularopening, c, which coincides with the open front end of the conduit inorder to permit free passage of air to and from the conduit when thedoor is closed., as shown in Fig. 1. The oflice of the conduit D is topermita-free circulation of cold air, which will keep the converging ywalls d d cool, so that they willto agreat extent condense the steamcoming in contact with them from the articles roastingin the pan F onthe bottom of the box.

As this steam is condensed the water of condensation flows down theinclined walls and trickles oft' the angle formed by said walls, fallingupon the roasting articles in the pan, thus automatically basting saidarticles with water impregnated with the flavor of the same, andrendering unnecessary the opening of the box for basting.

The door Eis provided with flanges c' c at its vertical edges tostrengthen it, and through which are passed the hinge pins or pivots gg, by which it is secured to the side walls of the box, the door closingbetween said walls and against flanges h h, which extend down to thelower edges of the walls below the bottom of the box. The flanges e care extended outward at their lower ends Yto f'orrn lugs t' i, whichwill strike the anges h la and support the door in a horizontalposition, when it may be used to support the pan, which may be drawn outupon it when it is desired to remove or turn thearticles cooking. Theanges c' e h 71, and the lugs z' t' may be strengthened, if desired, byforming them of double thickness or two layers of metal.

Theletter L designates a sliding plate, moving in guides on the door,and arranged to cover an opening therein. l used as a baker this slideis to be drawn back to uncover the opening and permit the escape ofsteam, which will then not be condensedL When the box is Having nowfully describedA my invention,

what I claimis'- l. The roaster and baker consisting of the sheet-metalbox having in`its upper portion the cold-air conduit, substantial] y asdescribed,

and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the sheet-metal box having in its upper portionthe cold-air conduit open at both ends, of the door having the openingcoinciding with said conduit when the door is closed, substantially asdescribed.

3. The sheet-metal box A, supported on IOD suitable legs and having thecold-air conduit In testimony whereof I afx my signature in l), inclosedpartially by the top plate of the presence of two witnesses. box andpartially by the converging Walls d d, which meet at an angle over thebottom of 5 the box, said conduit being open to access of Witnesses:

cold air from without the box, substantially as l URIAS BLooM,described. FREDK. HAAS.

JEROME B. REED.

